Celestial bodies

March 1, 2014 |Compiled by Chris Quinn

NASA/Hubble

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Comet ISON streams through space in this image captured on Oct 9, 2013, by the Hubble Space Telescope. The NASA-funded FORTIS sounding rocket will launch in mid-November to join the dozens of observatories studying the comet.

NASA/Hubble

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Comet ISON streams through space in this image captured on Oct 9, 2013, by the Hubble Space Telescope. The NASA-funded FORTIS sounding rocket will launch in mid-November to join the dozens of observatories studying the comet.